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PBL Opening Doors “Slightly” for Older Players, Opens it Widely for Southern players
(April 8, 2010)

The Philippine Basketball League will relax its age requirement slightly for its second conference starting next month, allowing each team to field a maximum of three players between the ages of 26 to 28.

These players may either be ex-pros from the PBA and ABL, or veterans of the PBL itself, La Liga or other local leagues who had not previously applied for drafting. The only prerequisite is they have to submit their name for drafting on or before April 12, 2010 by faxing a letter to the PBL office at tel. no. 533-3556 or by e-mailing applications to 2010pblveterans@gmail.com. Pro league practice players who are allowed by their PBA teams to rejoin the PBL this conference will also be encouraged.

In a bid to encourage more players from the south to try their hand at big city hoops, PBL teams will also be allowed to directly hire five players from Visayas and Mindanao, for as long as they have not played for a Metro Manila-based college league and is under 26 years of age. If they are over the age limit, they also have to pass through the reinstatement draft.

The PBL second conference is slated to start in the third week of April.

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